significant figures are digits of certainty. In other words they are exact numbers. Except zeros are placeholders (not exact) unless if they are in between non zeros. Also zeros at the end of numbers are significant figures if there is a decimal point.
Non-zero digits are always significant, so the number 12 has two significant figures.
3 significant figures. (The zero after the 5 doesn't count.) 4 significant figures if the zero after the 5 does count. A good way of expressing three thousand four hundred fifty with three, four, or five significant figures is with scientific notation: 3.45 * 103 3.450 * 103 3.4500 * 103
Significant figures are used to receive a more accurate number. To obtain the number you you multiply or divide the quantities, leave as many significant figures in the answer as there are in the quantity with the least number or significant figures. If adding or subtracting quantities, leave the same number of decimal places in the answer as there are in the quantity with the least number of decimal places
You cannot round off a number to 3 significant figures when it already has more than 3 significant figures. The number 10074 has 5 significant figures (1, 0, 0, 7 and 4). If the number were really 1.0074, then it could be rounded off to 3 significant figures: 1.01.
2 significant figures.
4 significant figures.
There are 4 significant figures in 0.0032. Seems to be only 2 significant figures in this number.
There are 3 significant figures in 94.2.
A significant figure is basically counting how many digits there are: In this case this number is to FOUR significant figures because there are FOUR digits. Here's some more examples: When you have zero's in front of the number, these do not count as digits: so, if you had 0.0034, you only count the 3 and 4 as digits so this would be to TWO significant figures. However, if you have 0.003404, you must count the zero in between the two four's because this is part of the number - there are FOUR significant figures here.
5 significant figures.
There are four significant figures in 0.1111.
4 significant figures.
3 significant figures.
3 significant figures.
4 significant figures.
There are two significant figures in 0.025.
5 significant figures.